I refused to give my sister-in-law my car keys, so my husband sl.apped me in front of his entire family. “Apologize to her. Give her the car. Now.” – Welcome

before then.”

“Never.”

He held out his hand.

“Shake on it.”

I did.

But Danny didn’t laugh.

He looked completely serious.

“Sixty sunflowers. I promise.”

At fifteen, we thought forty-five years was the only thing standing between that promise and reality.

Then came the Fourth of July.

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